Example sentences of "of [verb] [pron] [noun sg] [subord] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I kind of caught her eye when the others were n't looking . |
| 2 | But Hunter must surely have known that Van Butchell , famed for his eccentricities , had no intention of burying his wife once the embalming had been done . |
| 3 | Managers tend to cross boundaries and share knowledge far more in the normal course of doing their work where the quite rational anxieties induced by more explicitly ‘ face-threatening ’ systems are present ( Kagono et al. , 1985 : 116 ) . |
| 4 | Citrine was always reluctant to withdraw from a Central Authority position , but the more effective chairmen soon learned that careful preparation on committees beforehand and advance lobbying of Citrine and Self were a surer way of winning their point than the abrasive technique of frontal opposition . |
| 5 | The escort girls are for the rich man who does not want the bother of leaving his hotel-room if the need gets too strong . ’ |